Huntington Beach gets $2.7 million grant to revamp bridges

Feb. 11, 2010

Updated Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m.

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A federal grant recently given to the city will help upgrade Brookhurst Street Bridge over Talbert Channel, Magnolia Street Bridge over Huntington Beach Channel, and the Warner Avenue Bridge over Bolsa Chica Channel. Pictured is a bridge on Pacific Coast Highway that is not part of the grant. FILE: BRUCE CHAMBERS, THE REGISTER

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A federal grant recently given to the city will help upgrade Brookhurst Street Bridge over Talbert Channel, Magnolia Street Bridge over Huntington Beach Channel, and the Warner Avenue Bridge over Bolsa Chica Channel. Pictured is a bridge on Pacific Coast Highway that is not part of the grant. FILE: BRUCE CHAMBERS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A federal grant recently given to the city will help upgrade Brookhurst Street Bridge over Talbert Channel, Magnolia Street Bridge over Huntington Beach Channel, and the Warner Avenue Bridge over Bolsa Chica Channel. Pictured is a bridge on Pacific Coast Highway that is not part of the grant. FILE: BRUCE CHAMBERS, THE REGISTER

HUNTINGTON BEACH – The city has received a federal grant to upgrade three bridges in Huntington Beach.

The federal Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program grant, awarded to the city in December, is expected to cover $2.7 million of the estimated $3 million needed to revamp the bridges.

Bridges that are part of the grant are: Brookhurst Street Bridge over Talbert Channel, Magnolia Street Bridge over Huntington Beach Channel, and the Warner Avenue Bridge over Bolsa Chica Channel.

In a 2007 study, city officials found that all of Huntington Beach's bridges were structurally sound but needed preventive maintenance, according to a city report. The city then submitted an application to the federal maintenance program asking for funding for the bridges.

Part of the construction will include embankment erosion fixes, minor concrete repairs due to environmental damage, and asphalt replacements.

The city will be working with the Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans to obtain the approvals necessary to proceed with the design of these bridge maintenance projects.Â The improvements are expected to take one to two years to complete because of grant requirements and environmental processes.

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